now of next business takes a look at why the international monetary funds, it needs more money to deal with the global crisis. i'm just trying to more news data of new dot com and on social media or handle is dw use on pop it off of the lease for me and the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. take care and i'll see you against the top of the we've got some hot tips for your package from madison. so cities check on some great cultural memorials to boot travel regarding manyels engine via you belong to the 77 percent because i just got on 65 last last those top 5 power i years, 3, right?

1115. we are here to help you make up your mind to the top because i'm much up to you from table topics the new culture team. and let's say, well, quote, the, the international monetary fund says it needs more money as the world is a full to is by a cocktail of crises. we have been hit by consecutive sucks, called the war cost of living prices. and that led to increasing my fort. i met financing in an interview with dw crystelina, georgia. i have a defense or decision not too much voting power with money paid in are all to tell

me of germany 6 to deepen business ties with us for costs will bring you the license from a major investment conference taking place in berlin. and the right kind of energy companies, insights africa, are leading the way in the move away from cole. this is the w business. i'm k, ferguson, thanks for joining me. the international monetary fund has defended its calls from member countries to increase their contributions without changing their boasting power. speaking to dw marie, see now on the sidelines that the g 20 investments summit here in berlin, crystelina towards the 8th. i responded to criticism that countries like china are being asked to pay in more without getting more say, the decision to increase the quote this for the i m f is driven by what discrepancy in the world around us. we have been hit by consecutive sucks,

called the war cost of living crisis, and that led to wrap it increasing demand for meth. financing. we now have about 220000000000 in financing to 96 countries. and that's made the issue of the financial strength of the funds in the world, the more frequent and dramatic sucks. so very pressing that the membership has decided to take it 2 step approach. step one, make the phone financially strong steps to work on the alignment of the shares of members. so countries that, that under represented china, but also uh this i was just in single put also under represented countries that they can see the box to watts real islands because we also need the fund to be

legitimate. i want to stress that our members also took a very important step on representation by agreeing to add a 3rd chair for africa. so it's a kind of in africa. so the voice of africa can resonate most strongly in the decision making of gus. and you can see the full version of maureen's interview with chris to the natural, ga, the on the dw news youtube channel. now as we just mentioned, krista, lena, georgia, eva is the most a number of big names here in berlin for a major conference focused on strengthening german business ties with africa. leaders for more than a dozen countries are attending the g 20 compact with africa conference. as the concept becomes increasingly attractive to economy, seeking to diversify supply chains, develop green energy projects. now, germany is no exception here, but when it comes to investment,

it is still playing catch up. you can see it here. it's trailing far behind china. the united arab emirates on the united states when it comes to foreign direct investment in africa. let's talk more about this with thomas chief i. he's a member of the board at folks on group on the chair of this investment summit. mr . schaffer. thank you so much for joining us. now, african leaders are not sort of country is wanting to do business with them. how is germany selling itself of an attractive partner, especially compared to the likes of china? as i think there's definitely room for improvement is going forward. so just taking over the the j r for the soft free initiative to combine our efforts on africa. i think lots has been done. you know, the contact with africa initiated by the german government is, you know, testimony to this on behalf. man is huge strides, but this needs to be strengthened going forward. also, today's event,

stupid pardon me. it's a platform where he does kind of connect with businesses that make kind of consequent plans going forward. so definitely very important. eventually tell me more about what happens up this event. i know germany is especially keen to diversify its supply chains on to develop these partnerships when it comes to green energy. anything concrete helping today? well, today was only the opening, but the many subsequent meetings that are happening now over the next days and already and judgment, especially on the topics that you said. not a green sustainability. sustainable energy, but also, and i'll be obviously very involved in the amount of supply chains. but not also this is goes across the spectrum. want to day was getting, you know, getting the positions right. getting the, the presidents that have sustains, coming through, talking about the countries of your child. so strong. see a talking about germany and to administer how big. so really important platform the

beginning. it is only beginning, but you're from the automotive industry. what opportunities do you see in africa to the for goes got huge opportunities within the supply chain. i spent more than 10 years on the ground in africa and various functions. and i must say that in on africa's totally under developed and mobility, there's huge demand for mobility. people need to go from a to b and does a, an opportunity to lead from the development. they don't need to go a combustion engines 1st to then go electric, they can go sustainably. and one goal, ronda is one that read a good example of where they have done exactly that. so new solutions will help accelerate the progress they have. so it now is definitely the time to pay attention because it's through literally the only region that has huge development potentially, but everything else is contracted. all right, so we will continue to pay attention to him. i say, so thank you very much. it's

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during electricity outages, we operate out generators for that uses diesel, which is dirty. so we've installed solar so that we can use the renewable electricity over the past year. load shutting costs shop, right? $65000000.00 euros and generator associated cost. since going solar 6 years ago, the group has built enough tunnels in south africa to cover 24 soccer fields. and now shop right is adding solar panels to distribution trucks as well. the panels powers, the refrigeration, as well as the lift when the truck is being offloaded, so it allows the truck to be switched off and safety. so more than 95 percent of south africa's electricity comes from state owned utility as calm which relies heavily on coal. while renewable energy is on the back burner. so that makes it electricity from code 5 pop cents, which constitutes about 80 percent of the utilities fleet. and

these pop plants have been problematic with breakdowns they often. so it's something those in south africa's mining sector understand very well. mining is the country, 3rd largest energy consuming industry gold. minor goldfields says load, shedding, severely hampers. it's bottom line. when you've got the shooting, all the pol costs you do that meant to, you know, um, still being such an activities running such an activity so that it would have been messed up, stuck in steps that within the business affecting the profitability to affect the cash flows of the business in 2021. the company turned to solar energy. it now deliveries about a quarter of the power and itself. deep mind goldfields aims to slash around 6000000 euros and annual costs. but it's not just about saving money. the most important to um, risen was to ensure that we can remain responsible as a,

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